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The Second Avenue subway project in New York City is 53% finished, with construction progressing at 86th St., said Michael Horodniceanu, president of Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Construction. The northbound tunnel has been completed; the southbound section is slated to be completed in a few months. The route will run from 63rd St. to 96th St., and is expected to open in December 2016.

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The first phase of New York City's Second Avenue Subway project is 65% complete and is slated for a December 2016 finish. Blasting, design and tunnels are all complete. Remaining work includes building ancillary structures and entrances, finishing construction at four stations and doing the track work. Three phases will follow this one, and the subway could be all done by 2029, according to Michael Horodniceanu, president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Construction.

Blasting for the first phase of New York City's $4.45 billion Second Avenue subway-expansion project is complete and excavation work has "reached substantial completion." Crews will now focus on concrete work in the tunnel, along with installing waterproofing and steel reinforcements. "This is a significant milestone and one which I am sure will be welcomed by all of our Second Avenue community neighbors," said Michael Horodniceanu, president of MTA Capital Construction. The subway extension should be operational by the end of 2016.

The $4.5 billion first phase of New York City's Second Avenue subway project is on schedule to be finished in December 2016, according to Michael Horodniceanu, president of Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Construction. From dirt excavation to concrete linings for the tunnels, work is progressing. The photos included in these pieces show the work in progress.

Blasting operations have resumed at the Second Avenue subway site in New York City, where an explosion sent debris flying almost one month ago, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said. "We have completed our review of the incident and have implemented a number of corrective actions," said Michael Horodniceanu, MTA Capital Construction president. "From this moment forward, blasting operations will be subject to additional management scrutiny and enhanced safety procedures to ensure that the community and workers are kept safe."

After facing scrutiny when six workers from American Standard Testing and Consulting Laboratories were indicted for allegedly faking test results, New York's Second Avenue subway construction has been pronounced safe. "I called the MTA, they told me that this concrete was used in only one site on the Second Avenue subway, on 96th Street with the boring tunnel, and that they have retested this site and found that it is safe," Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said.